Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: ‚This is my country.‘

When you want a thing done, ‚Don’t do it yourself‘ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Contention does not usually begin as strife between countries. More often, it starts with an individual, for we can contend within ourselves over simple matters of right and wrong. From there, contention can infect neighbors and nations like a spreading sore.

The fault lines are shifting from the boundaries of nations into the web of our societies and the streets of our cities. And, terrorism and extremism are a global force that are larger than their changing names, groups, territories and targets.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That’s why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it’s possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

Risk is a part of God’s game, alike for men and nations.

When in doubt, don’t.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?

We’re close friends – the American people, the Israeli people, our governments. There’s absolutely no daylight – none – between us and the Israelis on the question of Israel’s security.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.

We can’t allow the world’s worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world’s worst weapons.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: ‚Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?‘

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Our motto at Blue Origin is ‚Gradatim Ferociter‘: ‚Step by Step, Ferociously.‘

Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

In the late 19th century there was a major union organization, Knights of Labor, and also a radical populist movement based on farmers. It’s hard to believe, but it was based in Texas, and it was quite radical. They wanted their own banks, their own cooperatives, their own control over sales and commerce.

Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.